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Jennifer Barclay lives on the Greek island of Tilos with her dog, writes books and articles, and loves walking, swimming and exploring other islands in the Aegean. She also works as an editor and agent for other writers but gets to take extraordinary lunch breaks.

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Riding Through War and Peace

Michael Pugh’s magical story of his journey on horseback from Russia to Romania came out in July. Riding Through War and Peace takes the reader ...
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An Island Home and a Salty Dog

Well, I did it – I finished the new book! About six years of Greek island life on Tilos with my dog since I bought ...
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New releases

Bestselling author Katie Carr has written a beautiful book of narrative non-fiction about, as she puts it, ‘sea, weather, family and the quiet work of ...
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Reading the Cyclades

To help mark the 140th anniversary of Theodore Bent’s 1885 book ‘The Cyclades, or Life Among the Insular Greeks’, here I am reading some sections ...
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We Love Memoirs

For all of September, my book TAVERNA BY THE SEA has been featured on the prizes banner of the Facebook group We Love Memoirs! It’s ...
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Changing my focus

I lost my dad this winter, which was completely unexpected and extremely tough. As so often happens when something devastating happens in our lives, I’m ...
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